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Drift netting. Drift netting is a fishing technique where nets, called drift nets, hang vertically in the water column without being anchored to the bottom. The nets are kept vertical in the water by floats attached to a rope along the top of the net and weights attached to another rope along the bottom of the net. [1]
Matt Hayes' Fishing is a fishing video game for Windows, released in 2002 by Electronic Arts and endorsed by British angler Matt Hayes. In the game the player can fish for seven species of fish ( northern pike , perch , zander , chub , rainbow trout , brown trout and salmon ) [ 1 ] in the following European locations:
Silfra fissure The Mid-Atlantic Ridge passing through Þingvellir Rocks and boulders that have piled up in the fissure due to earthquakes.. Silfra (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsɪl(v)ra]) is a rift formed in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge – the divergent tectonic boundary between the North American and Eurasian plates – and is located in the Þingvallavatn Lake in the Þingvellir National Park in ...
Continental-continental divergent/constructive boundary Oceanic divergent boundary: mid-ocean ridge (cross-section/cut-away view). In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary (also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary) is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
Frisland was shown as a roughly rectangular island, with three triangular promontories on its western coast. In some mappings, it is identified as "Fixland". [4] (Matteo Prunes map of 1553, from Library of Congress, see upper right of map; see also, [5] page 88 for other clearer source; see also Catalan map of 1480 showing "Fixland"; [6] original source map copied in this article, page 64.
Trawler, Falkland Islands. Fishing in the Falkland Islands contributes to the local economy, representing one of its biggest exports.. The official body responsible for the sustainable development of fisheries in the Falklands Falkland Islands is the Department Of Natural Resources, Falkland Islands Fisheries Department (FIFD), established in 1987, [1] It is reported that during 2013 the ...
Chishi Island (5), in the middle of the northern part of the lake; Lifunge Mwenzi Island (7), dividing off the northern part of Lake Chifunabuli; Small Islands: Chindo and Ibula Islands near the north-west shore, and Chibwe Ngombe Island, a tiny sliver north-west of Chilubi Island, Minswa Island and Ngwishi Island; In the swamps:
Grjótagjá (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkrjouːtaˌcauː]) is a small lava cave near lake Mývatn in Iceland. It has a thermal spring inside. In early 18th century the outlaw Jón Markússon lived there and used the cave for bathing. [1] Until the 1970s Grjótagjá was a popular bathing site.